Foods to try before you die

[Soupervan]

Short story shorter I've had mouth issues for a long while, finally had oral surgery and am now moved up from liquid foods to soft (I forgot just plain salt and peppered eggs were so good) and assuming everything goes well in two weeks I'll be able to eat like a normal human being for the first time in ages.
So, what should I eat that a regular American teenager (when my problems started) wouldn't have?
I've tried burgers, fries, pizza, fish and chips and all that popular stuff already- and am eager for it again but what else?

Already on my list is 'Blooming onions', they weren't popular when my problems started and those commercials about them since have my mouth watering in fury.

Update 3-14: I've moved up to soft foods and have confirmed Sloppy Joes- or rather cheese+ pulled pork Joes since I love cheese and prefer pork and despise the high price of beef- are one of the best foods in forever. Non-Americans and people living in caves should ignore the odd appearance and texture and give them a try, you probably won't be disappointed. Swear I dang near cried when I first ate one, I've been craving a cheeseburger forever but I'm not up for that yet and this was more than an acceptable substitute.

 

[dacty]

A good chili is hard to top.

Baked potatoes, especially with the right toppings, are pretty amazing too.

 

[mizzet]

Personally I really love good bread. It's simple, but can be really nice.

Though I've heard it's not as much of a thing in the US.

 

[Biigoh]

Short story shorter I've had mouth issues for a long while, finally had oral surgery and am now moved up from liquid foods to soft (I forgot just plain salt and peppered eggs were so good) and assuming everything goes well in two weeks I'll be able to eat like a normal human being for the first time in ages.
So, what should I eat that a regular American teenager (when my problems started) wouldn't have?
I've tried burgers, fries, pizza, fish and chips and all that popular stuff already- and am eager for it again but what else?

Already on my list is 'Blooming onions', they weren't popular when my problems started and those commercials about them since have my mouth watering in fury.

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Oddly enough, you might want to try Afghan flat bread... just lightly toasted and dipped in some olive oil + dried herbs... amazing.

 

[Amazon Climber]

Oddly enough, you might want to try Afghan flat bread... just lightly toasted and dipped in some olive oil + dried herbs... amazing.

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While you're at it, try shawarma - lamb or chicken, up to you - and some toum (garlic sauce) as well.

From a different part of the world, you really can't go wrong with pad kee mao, otherwise known as drunken/drunkard's noodles. I like 'em way more than pad thai, and I love a good pad thai.

Oh, and if you've got an Ethiopian place near you, get some awaze tibs. So damn tasty. The bread might take some getting used to - it's soft and kind of tangy - but when the gravy soaks into it, you'll want to scoop it up with dry bread like it's a meal in and of itself.

 

[Soupervan]

Not sure about breaa

A good chili is hard to top.

Baked potatoes, especially with the right toppings, are pretty amazing too.

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Potatoes have always been one of my favorites, unless it came out in the past decade or so or is foreign I doubt there's a potato dish I didn't try, Personally my favorite was twice baked potatoes, it's pretty much got everything, a crispy almost french fry like exterior followed by mashed potatoes loaded up with bacon and cheese and whatnot.

Chili is def added to my list though- I was a wimp when it came to spices as a kid, along with pad thai/pad kee mao- had neither and figure both sound alright, (If you want kids to want to try Asian food maybe don't put inside-out ducks in your window fronts, those scared me off back then but now I know Asians eat more than inside-out animals) Afgan flat bread, awaze tibs and toum especially, pretty much everything but shawarma which is added to the maybes, didn't like lamb as a kid though my tastes mighta changed since then and I might find a place with chicken shawarma- didn't know that was a thing.

 

[Stardust_Amaryllis]

A good Tiramisu, I recently had one for my birthday on the 14th and I really loved it.

 

[zup]

I do not know if it is common in America or not, but if you have never had sandwich cake, I recommend you give it a chance. I fell in love at first taste as a child.

 

[SeVdex]

A big juicy succulent steak, you can never go wrong with steak. Either that or eat some seafood

 

[Soupervan]

I do not know if it is common in America or not, but if you have never had sandwich cake, I recommend you give it a chance. I fell in love at first taste as a child.

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I looked it up, the version that comes up 'smörgåstårta' seems good, but I'm afraid to say Americians have a version too but ours is nightmare fuel; namely layers of American cheese and baloney covered in mayonnaise.

Tiramisu sounds interesting too, I like coffee, but steak? Can't say I liked it as a kid, partly probably because my parents thought that the only safe meat was super well done, if it wasn't blackened you were doing it wrong. Now, I didn't mind charred hotdogs- I think they're good that way- but the more you cook the steak the worse it is and it's giving me bad flashbacks of endless chewing while wishing I could just be eating a cheeseburger or anything else. Only way I'm eating a steak is if it's rare or close to rare and/or if it's one of those ridiculously good cuts like Kobe. I'll plop it on the maybes pile, while seafood in general is of course in.

 

[zup]

but steak? Can't say I liked it as a kid, partly probably because my parents thought that the only safe meat was super well done, if it wasn't blackened you were doing it wrong.

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Ouch. The correct way to cook and eat a steak is to brown (not char!) the surface and get the interior warm. Then eat it before it cooks all the way through. For sauce, mix some cream into the juices left over on the frying pan and heat.

 

[Karnven]

A good lasagna.

 

[Amazon Climber]

Ouch. The correct way to cook and eat a steak is to brown (not char!) the surface and get the interior warm. Then eat it before it cooks all the way through. For sauce, mix some cream into the juices left over on the frying pan and heat.

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This is what churrascaria places specialize in. They've got big cuts of meat, and they slice off the crispy outside for you, then go cook the next layer. It's basically the best parts of the steak over and over again. Pricy, but worth trying at least once.

 

[zup]

This is what churrascaria places specialize in. They've got big cuts of meat, and they slice off the crispy outside for you, then go cook the next layer. It's basically the best parts of the steak over and over again. Pricy, but worth trying at least once.

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Sounds the opposite of what I wrote about. The point is to cook the surface because it may have been exposed to microbial contaminants and warm the meat, but eat the interior raw.

 

[Amazon Climber]

Sounds the opposite of what I wrote about. The point is to cook the surface because it may have been exposed to microbial contaminants and warm the meat, but eat the interior raw.

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Sorry, I wasn't clear: The strips they cut are just crispy on the outside and dripping red underneath. Then they sear the next layer to the same perfection.

 

[Blarghblah]

Short story shorter I've had mouth issues for a long while, finally had oral surgery and am now moved up from liquid foods to soft (I forgot just plain salt and peppered eggs were so good) and assuming everything goes well in two weeks I'll be able to eat like a normal human being for the first time in ages.
So, what should I eat that a regular American teenager (when my problems started) wouldn't have?
I've tried burgers, fries, pizza, fish and chips and all that popular stuff already- and am eager for it again but what else?

Already on my list is 'Blooming onions', they weren't popular when my problems started and those commercials about them since have my mouth watering in fury.

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I think you should start with more local foods. "Blooming Onions" sounds like you're from somewhere in America so classics include:
Chili with Cornbread, Goulash, Potato Soup (simple and delicious though you might have had it before), Steak and Loaded Baked Potatos, Chicken Noodle Soup ( I'm assuming you haven't had it cause chicken might have been too solid for you), Pie (Cherry, Banana, Lemon, and Apple are classics), Raspberries make for good sweet snacks, While Blackberrys are more tart, Strawberries, Cranberries, etc.

Other food stuff to mention: Buttered Corn (You get it fresh and boil it? It bursts in your mouth), Shepard's Pie, Mac and Cheese with Little Smokies (Mini hot dogs pretty much), Baked Beans (bushes usually), Bacon (Candied or otherwise), Popcorn if you don't mind getting covered in butter, Cinnamon Rolls, Biscuits and Gravy (usually have mine with bits of sausage mixed in), Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup, Chicken Sandwiches, Subs (the food not the group), Fried Chicken, Not really known but there are these things called Cheddar Fries (TGI Fridays Cheddar Cheese Crunchy Fries is what came up when I looked it up, it looks like what I'm talking about), Gardetto's (Basically really crunchy, salty, and oily roasted rye chip snack), Spagetti.

Drinks: Lemonade, Arizona Tea, Soda, Flavored water (either literal water that's been flavored that you can buy in store like propel or something, or there are these packets of drink flavorings that you can pour and stir into water), Coffee (in all its variants), Orange Juice, Milk (Chocolate milk, strawberry milk, etc), Apple Juice (No matter how many people dunk on it for being a "Kid's Drink" its pretty good), Grape Juice (All the homies fw grape juice), Cranberry Juice (Ocean spray is alr).

That should tide you over for a bit.